The Village Vet, Downer, Canberra

About You:

Are you looking to join a group of people who love their job? Are you looking to make a difference to people and pet’s lives? Are you interested in work-life balance? So are we! And we want you. We believe in looking after our staff and their well-being. We focus on fostering a caring, close-knit relationship within our people, who support each other day to day. Qualified Veterinary Nurses welcome to apply.

Completed a Certificate IV in Veterinary Nursing

An ability to manage and prioritise tasks effectively

Great communication skills and ability to work within a team environment

Willingness to learn and have a ‘can do’ attitude

Reception duties, including being the first point of contact for clients, handling client enquiries in person and over the phone, scheduling appointments, managing client accounts, admitting and discharging patients

About the role:

We’re looking for full time/ part time or casual qualified veterinary nurses

Delivering excellent care to all patients and owners

Maintaining the overall hygiene of the practice, including surgical areas and equipment

Completing general practice nursing tasks, including pre- and post-operative care, in-house pathology (blood testing, urinalysis), caring for hospitalised patients

Reception duties on a rotating basis - including talking to clients/ discussing patients over the telephone and in person, scheduling appointments, admitting and discharging patients

We offer nurse consults including cartrophen injections, cytopoint injections, weight clinic

Radiography and ultrasonography set up

Excellent Standards:

The Village Vet in Downer, Canberra is a purpose built, modern, 4-year-old clinic with a loyal clientele base located within the trendy Inner North of Canberra. We are locally owned and not associated with a large corporate company. We have wonderful clients who are keen to pursue full diagnostics to work up their pets’ medical/ surgical condition.

We have a fully comprehensive onsite IDEXX laboratory suite - including an IDEXX Procyte Dx & Catalyst One machine, Vetlab Urinalysis analyser, Snap pro test readers and an excellent, fully serviced Binocular Microscope. We have brand new anaesthetic machines and our excellent nurses use the Advanced Multi-Parameter monitoring equipment including Doppler Blood Pressure monitor, Bair Huggers etc.

We use a top of the range IM3 Dental Scaler & Polisher unit and have a brand new mobile Digital Radiography for our dental procedures. The clinic has a purpose-built radiography & ultrasound room including digital CR radiographic facilities and a mobile ultrasound unit. We often perform orthopaedic procedures including TTAs, MPLs, bone plating, FHO, JPS, De Angelis cruciate surgeries etc.

Love Cats?

We are a feline friendly practice and have a completely separate cat entrance, cat-only waiting room, feline specific consultation room and separate feline hospital. We always promote a ‘stress free’ clinic for our feline patients.

Our Staff:

We have 5 qualified veterinary nurses who are caring, supportive and are an amazing team.

We have 8 Vets all of whom have special interests including – orthopaedic and soft tissue surgery, dermatology, feline & canine medicine.

We encourage our vet nurses to be pro-active, place i/v lines, take blood, contribute to the ho

We share 1 in 4 Saturday mornings only working 9am – 1pm.

We have no after hours, Canberra has 2 fantastic emergency / overnight clinics.

We run puppy preschool

Like coffees? So do we! We are lucky enough to be situated next to the popular Gang Gang café and often get coffees for the staff.

Feeling peckish? Lunch snacks are provided by the clinic.

We have access to an EAP (Employee Assistance Program) service if you are needing any extra support.

We are part of the local Capital Paws Group and share resources and social events between local Canberra clinics. This is a great way to meet other like-minded individuals working at other veterinary clinics across Canberra.

Capital Paws Group also runs specific veterinary nurse training and we have a fully funded vet nurse management course available to the right person too.

Interested in volunteering? Our group support and have the opportunity to visit Utopia, NT each year to provide veterinary help to the local aboriginal communities in the ‘Indigenous Dog Health Initiative.’ Ask us how you too can become involved.

We promote a caring with kindness philosophy within our staff and excellent staff culture is paramount for us.

We offer:

Special interests

Caring, supporting and mentoring of all of our staff

Work-life balance – want to work part time? No problem.

Flexible roster, 4 day working week for full time staff

CPD

Competitive salary

Four weeks’ annual leave

Specific veterinary nurse training sessions

Career growth

Regular staff ‘lunch and learn’ sessions

Free parking

Our location:

Downer is in the stylish Inner North of Canberra. A very popular place to live and work. We are located next to a wine shop, yoga studio and the popular Gang Gang Café. Canberra is a diverse and cultural centre with a great mix of city and rural living. There is a thriving café scene and a great night life. We are close to the NSW coast for weekends away, the snow fields are a 2 and a half hours drive and there are plenty of interesting day trips to explore the local region. Canberra is a very family friendly city; it has minimal traffic, plenty of outdoor areas and interest groups to entertain you on the evenings and weekends. Click here for more information.

Contact Us:

If you would like to see & hear more and meet the team over coffee, please email us at office@thevillagevet.co or call Dr. Kimberley Godwin on 0405 225 326.

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